This workshop with author Tom Holm will emphasize the importance of Native American storytelling. The participants will be asked to look critically at a few of these stories simply because they often don’t make a particular moral point. That is usually left to the listener.

Integrated Learning Center Room 125AB (Seats 40, Wheelchair accessible)  
Sat, Mar 15, 11:30 am - 12:25 pm
Fiction / Literature

Panelist: Tom Holm
Moderator: Matthrew Landon
Sponsors: Session made possible courtesy of Sara Cohen, Desert Diamond Casinos

Andrea L. Rogers (Cherokee), Daniel W. Vandever (Diné), Stanley Milford Jr. (of Navajo and Cherokee descent), and Tom Holm (Creek/Cherokee) discuss their recent books, steeped in indigenous experiences past, present, and future.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sun, Mar 16, 10:00 am - 10:55 am
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Tom Holm, Stanley Milford Jr., Andrea Rogers, Daniel Vandever
Moderator: Lucero Ramirez
Sponsor: Session made possible courtesy of Pima County Public Library

Panther Creek: A Pawnee Country Mystery J. D. Daugherty and Hoolie Smith return in this riveting 1928 mystery. A sadist is preying on young women, especially Native American girls. He murders them and dumps their bodies by two creeks—one near Pawnee and one near Claremore—both named Panther Creek. Hoolie, his family, and his friend John Tall Soldier have driven to Pawnee, Oklahoma, to visit the Shield Chiefs. After Mary Shield Chief goes missing, Hoolie and John find her body in the bed of Panther Creek. Hoolie’s family begin a hunt for the murderer. Meanwhile, J. D. has a new partner in Liz Shelby, daughter of oil man Big Bill Shelby. Together they search for the missing daughter of another wealthy Tulsa family, but they soon find her body at Panther Creek near Claremore. Their cases colliding, Daughtery, Shelby, and the Smith clan find themselves up against a wily killer and running against time to bring him to justice.

University of New Mexico Press, Booth #215 (Seats 1)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers

Author: Tom Holm